This report describes a patient exhibiting characteristics suggestive of a late-onset, incomplete form of KID syndrome with the GJB2 mutation (p.G12R). The p.G12R mutation has only been described in one other patient with KID syndrome, whose clinical presentation was not characterized.
We reviewed the clinical characteristics and therapeutic response in cases of newly diagnosed bullous pemphigoid at the National Skin Centre between June 2009 and December 2010. Most (76%, n = 68/90) achieved clinical remission within 6 months of commencement of therapy. Oral mucosal involvement was identified as a risk factor associated with a prolonged duration of treatment beyond 6 months.
Summary
We report the case of a 56‐year‐old Chinese woman with phaeohyphomycosis. She presented with a 4‐year history of a recurring erythematous plague initially diagnosed as chromoblastomycosis on histopathological examination. Surgical excision was performed when the lesion recurred despite intial treatment response to itraconazole. Tissue cultures of the surgical specimen grew Cladophialophora bantiana. Treatment with terbinaffine post surgery was instituted with no recurrence of the lesion to date. Cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused by Cladophialophora bantiana is rare and this case highlights the clinical presentation, laboratory findings and treatment of this infection.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.